Yenda ammunition factory proposes expansion

A Yenda ammunition factory is proposing to double its production, manufacturing up to 20 million shotgun cartridges a year.

The $860 000 development would see a manufacturing and storage facility, an additional magazine and ballistics test lab and a retail premises established at the Yenda factory, which opened last year.

An application to Griffith City Council says the proposal would allow the on-site storage of up to one million cartridges at any one time and the ability to manufacture up to 20 million shotgun cartridges per year.

There would also be the capacity to store nearly 10 000 kilograms of propellant, or smokeless powder on site.

Griffith City Council says the proponent, Bronzewing Ammunition already has a licence for the necessary machinery and for the increased output.